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The Scottish anthropologist who inspired Dracula

“More decidedly evil is the nosferatu, or vampire, in which every Roumanian peasant believes as firmly as he does in heaven or hell…”

—from Emily Gerard’s THE LAND BEYOND THE FOREST: Facts, Figures, & Fancies from Transylvania (1888). Her work was a key part of Bram Stoker’s research materials for Dracula.

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The Scottish Anthropologist Who Inspired Dracula

You know Dracula, right? The book that spawned an entire industry of knickknacks, tourist attractions, bad jokes, films (almost as many as Sherlock Holmes), and pastiches? Do you ever wonder if any…

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Assoc for Scottish Literature May 26

“Writing ran in the family. Her younger sister, Dorothea, was also a talented novelist. Her maternal grandfather was the prolific writer & inventor Sir John Robison, & other ancestors were noted philosophical or theological authors”

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https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2024/10/emily-gerard/

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Emily Gerard and the origins of Dracula

Discover the life and literary legacy of Emily Gerard, a Borders-born travel writer who shared Transylvania - and vampires - with the world.

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Assoc for Scottish Literature

You can download Emily Gerard’s THE LAND BEYOND THE FOREST: Facts, Figures, & Fancies from Transylvania (1888) – the book that helped inspire Bram Stoker to write Dracula – as a free ebook from @gutenberg_org

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57168

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The Land Beyond the Forest: Facts, Figures, and Fancies from Transylvania by Gerard

Free eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers.

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